Students

To ask the Prime Minister for what reason he has not corrected, in line with Chapter I (iii) of the Ministerial Code, the inaccurate answer, concerning the number of extra students in further and higher education since the Government came into office, recorded on 8 February 2001,Official Report, column 1178. [151171]

[holding answer 26 February 2001]: I refer the hon. Member to the reply given today by my hon. Friend the Under-Secretary of State for Lifelong Learning to the hon. Member for Daventry (Mr. Boswell). In addition, I have written to the right hon. Member for Ross, Skye and Inverness, West (Mr. Kennedy) and have placed a copy in the Library.